Training Shift
2024
Loghan Paylor
The theme of our panel was “Revise” and as someone who enjoys roleplaying games and video game writing, I was inspired to write a fictional narrative that could be endlessly “revised” by a reader’s choices. When I presented this piece at FVWF, I had the audience shout out their choice at the end of each scene, allowing it to be experienced cooperatively. This piece was written in Twine, an open-source tool for creating interactive narratives and games that doesn’t require any coding knowledge. To learn more or to write your own, visit https://twinery.org.
"Training Shift" is a surreal text-based interactive narrative in which you are a barista working a new job in a coffee shop. Each decision draws you deeper into a world of eldritch forces and dream logic.
Loghan delivered a version of this micro interactive fiction piece during the Revise panel at the 2024 Fraser Writers Festival.
Loghan Paylor is a queer, trans author who lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their short fiction and essays have previously appeared in Room and Prairie Fire, among others. Paylor has a Master's in creative writing from the University of British Columbia, and a day job as a professional geek. The Cure for Drowning is their first novel.